Tajikistans Ministry of Communications lifted the ban on several websites blocked in early October in the interests of information security. Speaking to the radio Ozodi on October 11, Davron Olimov, an official in the information regulation agency, said the Ministry of Communications had to revise its decision because it had drawn many complaints. The Ministry of Communications received many complaints from non-governmental organizations and international organizations, Davron Olimov said. Minister then summoned our director and then they reopened several websites. Immediately after the official announcement, all ISPs in Tajikistan unblocked three websites, www.centrasia.ru, www.arianastorm.ru and www.ferghana.ru. The two remaining websites…

Tajikistans Ministry of Communications lifted the ban on several websites blocked in early October in the interests of information security.

Speaking to the radio Ozodi on October 11, Davron Olimov, an official in the information regulation agency, said the Ministry of Communications had to revise its decision because it had drawn many complaints.

The Ministry of Communications received many complaints from non-governmental organizations and international organizations, Davron Olimov said. Minister then summoned our director and then they reopened several websites.

Immediately after the official announcement, all ISPs in Tajikistan unblocked three websites, www.centrasia.ru, www.arianastorm.ru and www.ferghana.ru. The two remaining websites 
www.charogiruz.ru and www.tajikistantimes.ru  run by well-known dissident Dodojon Atovulloev, have not yet been unblocked.

Many observers and political experts quickly viewed the move in the context of the upcoming presidential ballot. They argued that the government was shutting down alternative sources of information ahead of the election. Their arguments were further supported by the governments demand that the printing of the Adolat, official newspaper of the Democratic Party, be suspended.

Pressure exerted by both local and international organizations made the authorities reverse their decision. The move was also prompted by the arrival of international observers to monitor the upcoming ballot. OSCEs Organization for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) deployed its observation mission in Tajikistan last week. Aware of the initial reaction to the cutoff on the part of international watchdogs, Tajik authorities decided to unblock access to harmful websites, at least until the end of the election process.

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